Doug Marrone plowed forward Tuesday with the assembly of his coaching staff in Buffalo as the team announced the hiring of 10 more coaches, four of whom worked under Marrone at Syracuse, and three more who are following defensive coordinator Mike Pettine from New York.

“When I began the hiring process for our staff, I sought after individuals that had a strong work ethic, passion for the game of football and experience which are all qualities demonstrated in each of our new hires,” Marrone said in a statement released by the Bills.

Wheatley is a former star running back at Michigan who was the first-round draft choice of the New York Giants in 1995 and played 10 seasons in the NFL, splitting his time with New York and the Raiders. He broke into coaching under Marrone at Syracuse, mentoring the running backs the last three years.

Henderson has had great success in the NFL, serving two years as defensive coordinator for the Jets (2004-05) when Marrone was in New York coaching the offensive line. Henderson was also part of Baltimore’s staff from 1999 to 2003 as defensive backs coach and won a Super Bowl ring in 2000. That year, the Ravens set NFL records for a 16-game season for fewest points allowed (165) and fewest rushing yards (970). Most recently, he was Syracuse’s DBs coach in 2012.

Like Wheatley and Henderson, Adkins and Rebrovich come to Buffalo from Syracuse. Adkins coached the offensive line the past four seasons after stints at Tennessee, Troy, Georgia, and Marshall. Rebrovich was defensive coordinator at Cortland State for three years before going to Syracuse as a defensive assistant in 2011.

O’Neil spent the previous four years working under Pettine while they were with the Jets, the last three as the defensive backs coach where he has helped mold Darelle Revis into one of the top cornerbacks in the NFL. Weaver, who played seven seasons at linebacker in the NFL for Baltimore and Houston from 2002 through 2008 and made 260 tackles and 15.5 sacks, was with the Jets last year as a defensive line assistant. And Brown was a defensive assistant with the Jets.

Ciano has been with the Bills the past three seasons as an assistant trainer but will now assume the top job. He is the lone member of Chan Gailey’s staff who has been retained to date.

Driesbach has coached in college for 36 years, with stops that included Rice (where he was assistant head coach and defensive coordinator from 2007-11), Michigan State, Ole Miss, TCU, Western Michigan, Pittsburgh, and Cornell.

And Fleury will be in his first NFL season after starting his coaching career at Towson University four years ago.

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